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  • International (re)insurers are now facing a first quarter catastrophe loss bill of up to $19bn as the scale of the devastation in Christchurch, New Zealand became apparent last month.
  • Risk Management Solutions (RMS) released a sweeping upgrade to its US Hurricane Model in February that is expected to significantly increase loss estimates for property catastrophe (re)insurers.
  • Swiss Re's Alps upgraded; Avondale downgraded; Catlin replaces cat bond with mixed cover; Athene buys Scor's US annuity book
  • Ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) says it does not expect catastrophe bond issuance to rise significantly in 2011 despite increased investor demand, as the soft reinsurance market and low catastrophe toll will hold back growth.
  • London-based investment manager Securis Investment Partners is hoping to raise up to £200mn from a closed-ended fund to be listed on the main London Stock Exchange (LSE) this month.
  • Purchasers of a large chunk of Solidum's $2.67mn Class A private cat bond notes reported a smooth process as the transaction matured in February.
  • The loss of veteran trader Dan Madison has left a hole in the Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) trading desk and sparked speculation over where Madison may emerge to trade ILS.
  • The return of leverage to the financial markets is one factor fuelling a rise in trading of triple-X securitisations on the secondary market.
  • Repeat cat bond sponsor Munich Re is fast approaching the $2bn threshold for cat bond volume issued with its latest $100mn Queen Street II offering.
  • Regular cat bond sponsors have been quick to take advantage of favourable fundraising conditions in 2011, with three (re)insurers bringing peak US risk to market in the first two months.